Pan fried steak with garlic butter mushrooms

Name: Pan fried steak with garlic butter mushrooms
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 sirloin steaks, about 200g each, at room temperature; 1 tbsp olive oil; 40g butter; 3 garlic cloves, lightly crushed; 4 fresh thyme sprigs; 250g closed cup mushrooms, halved or quartered; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp ground black pepper

Sirloin steak seared hard and finished with thyme and garlic butter, served with golden mushrooms cooked in the same pan.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £6.00 a head

2 servings

Ingredients

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2sirloin steaksabout 200g each, at room temperature
1 tbspolive oil
40 gbutter
3garlic cloveslightly crushed
4fresh thyme sprigs
250 gclosed cup mushroomshalved or quartered
½ tspsalt
½ tspground black pepper

Method

1
Pat the steaks dry and season well on both sides with salt and pepper.
2
Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan until it just starts to smoke. Cook the steaks for 2 to 3 minutes each side for medium rare, longer if you like.
2 min 30 s
3
Add half the butter, the garlic and thyme. Tilt the pan and spoon the foaming butter over the steaks for 1 minute.
1 min
4
Move the steaks to a warm plate and rest for 5 minutes.
5 min
5
Add the rest of the butter and the mushrooms to the same pan. Fry over a high heat for 5 minutes until golden and any liquid has gone.
5 min
6
Slice the steaks, pour over the resting juices and serve with the mushrooms.

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